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The team is aware and working on a fix. Thanks again for the report!

Thank you for the report, I'll get it in front of the team and let you know if I hear anything.

The wonders of the moon, space travel, and science come together in the immersive reimagination of a future European Space Agency international lunar mission to the Moon’s south pole. As you collect resources to build the Hassell Lunar Habitat [https://www.hassellstudio.com/news-event/lunar-master-plan-hassell-and-european-space-agency-launch-pioneering-habitat-concept\], you can talk to astronauts and interact with Info Points in the 3D experience, built in UEFN.

In this blog, you’ll learn about how Sequencer was used, how Verse was implemented for gameplay and the c...

The issue has been resolved.  UEFN will need to be restarted.  Private versions of a project that previously incorrectly failed the backwards compatibility check will still fail.  A new otherwise identical private version should succeed.

I'm Javi explains how to add logos, titles and more in your Cinematic Sequences. Thanks to Javi for another helpful tutorial!

https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/WWRJ/fortnite-how-to-add-titles-to-a-level-sequence-cinematics

This release updates the Patchwork tool and Instrument Player, and you’ll have new ways to customize the Grind Rail and Grind Vine devices. You can also explore new Prefabs and Galleries.

A new update to Discover search has also arrived, and you can now search by Creator Names.

Learn more about these updates, device updates, and more at https://create.fortnite.com/news/fortnite-ecosystem-v29-20

Check out the bug fixes at ...

There’s a commonly used workflow for duplicating UEFN projects that may be causing unintended issues for projects that have persistence. This workflow involves copying the Plugins folder from one project to a second project, and then modifying the second project’s .uefnproject file.

The process results in a new module on the content service for the second project. When the second project is published, it will not be backwards compatible with the published version if that published version contains any persistent vars.

It is possible to publish if the second project is reverted to a version without persistence first. Reverting will result in clearing any existing persistence data. Furthermore, the game may crash the server when played. This is being treated as a bug and our teams will fix this, but we recommend avoiding this workflow.

Join u/wertandrew for a deep dive into the making of ‘Domus Mortem,’ a 3D horror game created in two months in UEFN.

Domus Mortem

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We’re aware of an issue in UEFN islands where certain camera settings will cause a player’s screen to go black upon elimination. This issue occurs when a camera is removed from a player immediately after they have been eliminated.

Workaround: Creators should adjust the settings so the camera is not removed upon elimination.

This has been resolved. Please be aware you will need to update manually in the Epic Games Launcher if you do not have auto-updates active.

We’ve addressed an issue with default matchmaking settings for Competitive Race Tracks built in UEFN, significantly reducing matchmaking times and getting players on the track quicker. To benefit from these changes, competitive racing islands published prior to 4:30PM ET on March 25 will need to be republished.

There is a known issue where attempting to publish your project may result in validation errors in the editor related to VerseDevices. This has been fixed in an upcoming release. Unfortunately, there is no known workaround at this time.

In this release, you’ll be able to view diagnostics of Verse runtime errors that occur when you or your players are running your experiences. Check out the new Verse tab on the Content Service portal which shows the Verse runtime errors that were encountered across all of your projects.

We also have updates to the Visual Studio Code (VSC) Verse Extension, We have added more buttons in VSC for you to communicate with UEFN.

Also new, you can now expose Niagara VFX assets to your code and spawn these particle systems in Verse.

The Harbinger SMG comes in as a new weapon and Shield Bubble Jr. makes its way in as a new consumable.

Hit up the following links to learn more:

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This issue has been resolved and new UEFN installations should now open and work properly.

We are aware of an issue where new installations of UEFN will not open and will close immediately. We are investigating and will let you know when we have more information.

Our March “Ask Epic” is almost upon us, and this time our team of experts will be answering your questions about Verse. A lot of news came out of the State of Unreal at GDC 2024, and we’ll be taking your questions about Verse Persistence, Scene Graph (which will enable you to dynamically manipulate almost every object in your game, alongside a new prefab system), and more.

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Get your Verse questions in on the EDC forum, or feel free to post them here.
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We're aware of an issue with the NPC Spawner failing to spawn an NPC if they have been published before 29.01 is released. We are investigating the problem and working on a fix, but in the meantime, you can use this workaround.

1. Select all NPC Character Definition assets in the content browser (you can use the filter to do this easily).
2. Right click on the assets
3. Choose Save to force resave all the assets
4. Re-publish your UEFN project.

After that the NPC Spawner device should now work properly and spawn the NPCs in your published experience.

Known Issue:

We’re aware of an issue with the NPC Spawner failing to spawn an NPC when there is no custom NPC Character Definition data assigned to it. We are working on a fix, but in the meantime, you can use this workaround.

1. Select the affected NPC Spawner Device.
2. Click on the NPC Character Definition option
3. In the pop-up window, choose to Creative New Asset → NPC Character Definition
4. Configure the definition data with Character Type and associated Modifiers (Please refer to this documentation for details)
   

The NPC Spawner device should now work proper...

LEGO Elements and other LEGO brand assets are now available in Fortnite Creative and UEFN.

If you’re a member of the Island Creator Program, and sign the additional terms and conditions, you can now start building your own LEGO Islands with LEGO Elements such as brand templates, props, consumables, items, and more. You’ll also find a choice of four template islands to help you get up and running — three featuring prebuilt biomes, and one blank canvas that lets you start from scratch.

Did we mention your island’s players will be in the LEGO Style of Fortnite Outfits? It’s a Minifigure party!

Want to get started? Read more at https://fn.gg/Creating-with-LEGO

You can now import your MetaHuman into UEFN to use on your islands as an NPC using the NPC Spawner device. Facial animation created using MetaHuman Animator can also be applied to any MetaHuman or any Fortnite character in UEFN.

MetaHuman Creator enables you to produce realistic digital humans that are fully rigged and ready to use in UEFN. MetaHuman Animator will turn footage captured from an iPhone or stereo head-mounted camera into facial animation for your MetaHuman.

Read: https://create.fortnite.com/news/metahuman-now-available-for-uefn-bring-digital-hu...